#BFB160#BFB160

#BFB160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB160
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 49.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -5.90, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 43.33, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0174 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3205, 43.3666, 17.3634)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB160 #606EBF

analogous

#BF8260 #BFB160 #9EBF60

triadic

#BFB160 #60BFB1 #B160BF

tetradic

#BFB160 #60BF82 #606EBF #BF609E

square

#BFB160 #60BF82 #606EBF #BF609E

split-complementary

#BFB160 #609EBF #8260BF

monochromatic

#756B2F #A19341 #BFB160 #D1C68C #E2DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BFB160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB160

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB160	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c88f',
    500: '#bfb160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb160;
$custom-light: #d4c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7549,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB160

secondary

#AAB0D1

accent

#68D255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB160

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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